Multiple choice

TASK 2. NOW DECIDE IF THE FOLLOWING STATEMENTS ARE TRUE OR FALSE. FOR EACH ANSWER OF YOURS GIVE THE REASON WHY YOU THINK SO.
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Questions 1–6
Choose the correct answer, A, B, C or D.
1. What are we told about sugar production in ancient times?
A. It became physically less demanding as production methods improved. B. The Arabs simplified the way the Persians had produced sugar.
C. It was a process that producers did not wish to share with other people.
D. India produced sugar mainly for medicinal purposes rather than dietary ones.
2. What does the writer suggest about the ‘Age of Exploration’?
A. It led to a new understanding of how sugarcane would best grow. B. It was partly motivated by the need to develop the sugar industry.
C. It was a time when it was easy to persuade people to invest in sugar. D. It probably resulted in the development of new kinds of sugar.
3. What is the writer’s main point in the third paragraph?
A. Sugar has changed from being a rare food item to an everyday one.
B. People in lower socio-economic groups are now the highest consumers of sugar. C. Most people are unaware of how the sugar industry once exploited workers.
D. Economists in the 17th century failed to predict how the demand for sugar would grow.
4. The writer refers to John Yudkin’s experiments in order to show
A. when the connection between sugar and heart disease was established.
B. that using animals to predict human reaction to sugar is an unreliable method.
C. that scientists are likely to alter their opinions on the effects of sugar in the future.
D. how there is a need for further research into the combined effects on health of fat and sugar.